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Away_Swimming_5757 t1_iu4n320 wrote

Pepperspray them and create distance.

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31November t1_iu4o6og wrote

In an enclosed subway car?

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Away_Swimming_5757 t1_iu4oqvt wrote

The pepperspray I carry is a very targetted squirt with minimal mist/ air diffusion. The person getting the squirt in the face would get majority of the spray. If the person is actually a threat and looking like they're going to harm someone, I would assume there is already a bit of isolation. After I spray the peppersray, people who were not the target would quickly move and create distance.

Not ideal, but I'd rather every on the subway cart is mad at me than let two teenagers on their way to school get assaulted and traumatized by some low life.

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31November t1_iu4sw61 wrote

That’s totally fair, but I would still be concerned with collateral damage (is that the right term?)

If somebody actually laid their hands on a teen or kid or elderly person, though, Or if it is a truly empty car I think I’m more okay with pepper spray. It’s all situational, ya know? I don’t know how I’d react if I was attacked in SEPTA.

I know there are unbreakable umbrellas that are like a baton but basically a heavy duty umbrella. I’ve thought about getting one for safety before moving here to go to Temple.

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redditor484 t1_iu4p7yw wrote

This is not good advice. Pepper spray has no stopping power and people can walk through it like its nothing. This is especially true if they are on certain drugs.

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cable1321 t1_iu4qh5i wrote

But then how would I be the hero in my own fantasy??? /s

Actually thank you for this comment tho. People experiencing psychotic states from either drugs or the absence of drugs are not predictably affected by many self-protection instruments like pepper sorry or stun guns. Not to mention a subway car is basically the Thunderdome between stops. Pepper spray or stun guns are intended to buy the user enough time to escape a situation, not disable their harasser.

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